Henry Campbell Black

Henry Campbell Black(October 17, 1860 – March 19, 1927) was the founder ofBlack's Law Dictionary,the definitivelegal dictionaryfirst published in 1891.

Born inOssining, New York,he was also the editor ofThe Constitutional Reviewfrom 1917 until his death in 1927.

Books

• Black, Henry Campbell (1895).Handbook of American Constitutional Law.West.Retrieved23 November2013.
• Black, Henry Campbell (1891).A Dictionary of Law: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern: Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, and Commercial Law: with a Collection of Legal Maxims and Numerous Select Titles from the Civil Law and Other Foreign Systems.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.ISBN9780963010605.Retrieved23 November2013.
  • 1910 edition free e-bookBlack, Henry Campbell (1910).A Law Dictionary: Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern: and Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations.West Publishing Company.Retrieved23 November2013.

Sources

• Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History,Volume 1, 1897-1942 (Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co., 1943), page 100

External links

• Works by or about Henry Campbell BlackatInternet Archive